Another Nail in the Golden Eared Audiophile Coffin..

[jh901]

For the rest, a digital source is inherently accurate

What does this mean?

[Archimago]

Long time reader, first time poster.

I'm a sound engineer from Australia, living and working in Hong Kong.

Recently I've been working with a lot of hifi companies regarding a loudspeaker tuning system and have learnt a lot about audiophiles and the crazy gear available for their systems.

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Another point, pro studios don't use 100% silver cables, DACs vary in quality, sound is recorded at 44.1 or maybe 48 (most of the time). So audiophiles hear more than the engineers who recorded and mixed the tracks? I know about upsampling but really the quality of audio we listen to can only be as food as it was recorded.

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Welcome to the forum! Glad to have someone in the industry commenting. I think you make an excellent point about how many recordings are still done in 44/48kHz...

[banned for life]

What does this mean?

"Digital source is inherently accurate" means that the source file will (in the SB environment,) be delivered exactly.

Arguments can be made about the various codecs used to convert one format to another but "natively supported" formats are presented to the player without error.

bfl

[banned for life]

I do pay attention to things like measurements, but ultimately long-term listening enjoyment is all that matters (within my budget).

Great attitude. Let's not forget ease of use. Having all your music available wherever you are is a modern marvel that is not a free option in the fruit universe.

bfl